Hot-water bottle



W. H. MILLER.

HOT WATER BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I5. I9I8.

Pat/embed Mar. 29, 1921.

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WILLIAM H. MILLER, 01E CANTON, UHIQ.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MILLER, a citizen of the United Statesresidirg at Canton, in the county of Stark and tate of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Hot-Water Bottle, 'of which the'following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hot water bottles, the object being toconstruct a hot water bottlewith interior partition walls formedintegral with the two sides of the "said bottle to prevent the bottlefrom bulging in the. center when filled with water.

Another object is to prevent all of the water in the bottle from runningto one side if the bottle is only partially full.-

Another object is to prevent the sides of the bag from adhering one tothe other when the water is drained out and the said I tlon.

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Figural is a side elevation of a bag'constructed in accordance with myinvention with the partition walls shown in dotted 1 lines.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Similar numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of thedrawings.

Water bottles of ordinary construction when filled to capacity, will begreatly in-- fiated at the center, thus describing a broad ellipse incross section. It is obvious that such a bag will have a tendency toroll and will not liein position when placed upon a part of the body. Onthe other hand if the bag is only partially filled with waterif laidupon a rounding portion of the body, such as one of the limbs, all ofthe water seeking the lowest level will flow to one side of the bottleand again prevent the bottle from 1 ing in position. Again it is-toundthat w en the ordinary type of bottle has Specification of LettersPatent. Patent d Im m 29 192 p Application filed. December 16, 1918,Serial Ito. 266,988.

been emptied and is not in use for a brief length of time the rubbersides will stick together and make it a difiicult matter to refill thebottle in order to use it.

In order to obviate these objections 1 construct my bottle shown at l inthe drawings with a plurality of partition walls 2, which 1 a partitionwalls preferably do not extend the entire length of the said bottle, aspace being' left between one extremity of the partitions and theinterior wall of the bottle to allow the water to enter and fill all thecompartments. A bottle so constructed when entirely filled with waterwill .be no wider at the center section 3 than at the side sections 4and 5, the result being that the bottle is substantially flat in generalcontour, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

Attention is directed to the fact that the partition walls 2 extend tothe lower end of the bottle and their extremities connected to thebottom of the bottle, whereby the lower ends of the three compartments3, 4 and 5 are closed against communication .with each other, whiletheir upper ends are located below the top of the bottle and are incommunication with each other and common to the filling mouth of thebottle. By reason of this construction, the amount of water ,in thebottle can be substantially equally proportioned in the severalcompartments by a manipulation of the bottle with its filling openingclosed, or a greater amount may be maintained in either of the pocketswhen it is desired to unequally apportion a relatively small amount ofwater between the several pockets.

Attention is also directed to the fact that the partition walls 2 have awidth narrower than the extended cross-sectional area of the pockets ofthe bottle, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the bottle maintains a ribbed orcorrugated exterior surface as also shown in Fig. 2. By reason of thisconstruction the bottle has a clinging tendency to the body of theperson and is prevented from sliding sidewise as it would do if itsexterior surface were not ribbed or corrugated.

lit will be readily seen that a bottle so constructed when filled withwater will form a fiat pad which will not slide nor roll and will thusremain in position when placed upon any part of the body.

lit will. also be obvious that the partition walls 2 will prevent theside walls from coming in colntact with each other and thus preclude theossibility of their adhering when the bott e is empty.

tended area of the bottle between the partitions, whereb the exteriorsurface of the bottle when fi led with liquid has longitudinalcorrugations for the purpose described. 2. A hot water bottle havin afilling mouth and 1011 itudinally extening part1- ltioms. therein, t eedges and lower ends of the partitions connected throughout to the innerwallet the bottle with their upper ends ending belowthe upper endof thebot net-asst tlewhe'reby the bottle is provided with'e plurality oflongitudinally1 extended pockets having closed s1des and t e lower endsand '0 on upper ends communicating with the filing mouth of the bottle.

3. A hot water bottle having at one end a filling mouth, a plurality oflongitudinally extending than the extende width of the bottle betweenthe partitions; the ed es and lower ends of the partitions unite to theinner artitions of less width wen of the bottle throughout thepartitions a" (1 their upper ends ending below the h ling mouth of thebottle, whereby the bottlje when filled has corrugated outer surfacesand pockets which are out of communicati'on with each otherjat theirbottom, comb'ined for the pur ose described.

In testimony th have hereunto subscribed m WILLIAM:

name. MILLER.

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